Political Punch

This is funny. The media personally attacks her for days and days and days and now you all think she should give an interview....on the issues...because they've been SO interested in her position on the issues you must be just positive that the first question on the minds of the media elite will be about her position on Iran. If you want to get into personal transgressions....well, we can do that...Obama has many of his own...you all tell me it doesn't matter, his past drug use and association with Bill Ayers etc. etc. etc. Well, if you take that off the table then lets move on from the freakin' Republican VP nominee's personal issues.

What's going to be difficult for the McCain campaign is all the right wing pundits(such as the National Review) praised the National Enquirer and blasted MSM for not reporting on the Edward's affair.

This is what a campaign gets to deal with following shallow vetting. The National Enquirer story has some probability of being true based on the loose moral values of Sara Palin as told by her college classmates; she was an available party girl. The McCain Campaign and Republican Party can sue the Enquirer and already we see the legal undermining attempt of her Alaska attorney to discredit the illegal influence issue; Palin promised full support of the legislative investigation only to refuse to give depositions. Once again, we are seeing the long reach of the Republican Party to corrupt another legal process. More of the same, McSame!

She's boring me already. Can we talk about the issues? They seem to be protesting to much. It makes me wonder what she does have to hide. A simple DNA test conducted by an independent third party could clear all this up.

When is the McCain camp going to get a reporter close enough to her to ask which books she wanted banned?

Finally someone says it! Tuesday night and last night everyone kept citing questions and accusations about whether "Palin could be a good parent while serving as VP. They never ask Barack Obama that question..." Who ever said or asked that? I've not read anything of the kind, and I sometimes visit "liberal" media sites like The New York Times, ABC News, and The Washington Post, as well as the more "balanced" sites like Drudge and FOX. So, where did that come from?

Keep an eye on the McCain Campaign. They have nothing to run on so what they are doing is setting up anti-Palin strawmen so that they can knock them down and run against the media.

I think Chris Matthews made this point yesterday.

The McCain/Palin spokesperson couldn't point to a single mainstream news story that was "pushing" these rumours about Palin -- all the pushing seemed to be coming from the McCain/Palin camp.

I saw evidence of this on Joe Scarborough this morning.

Joe himself brought up a rumour out of the blue -- sort of off-topic, if you ask me.

No one else except Pat Buchanan commented -- everyone else just looked sort of awkward.

Then Mica changed the subject.

(Good job, Mica!)

A question for all the Republicans out there?

Is she really the best & most qualified Republican VP candidate that you have?

I could name at least 3 Republican candidates that still has the respect and trust of the general population.

McCain has clearly shown that he wants to win at all cost, even if it means sacrificing America.

They need to make sarcastic remarks because it's all they got. She's obviously scared Barack is going to say something about her being a Beauty Queen. Hmm Beauty Queen / Community Organizer. I think I go with Community Organizer. Fact is Barack could have done anything he wanted, but chose to help the poor. Do they really think it's a good idea to attack that? Show's you where there priorities are. Hmmm help the poor or have them kiss our buttocks, and show them how popular and better we are than them. She reminds me of the ruthless bullies in school that needed to pick on anyone and gang up on anyone in order to get ahead. Total garbage. She's not my leader.

Republican strategy is to hit the news with Palin. Keep the spotlight. AND STAY AWAY FROM THE ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE DISCUSSED. AS A FEMALE I AM INSULTED MCCAIN CAMPAIGN IS CLAIMING "GENDER BIAS" WHEN NO GENDER BIAS HAS BEEN SHOWN. I SAW OBAMA WAS NOT DOING - THEY HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN QUITE GRACIOUS. MEDIA HAS BEEN VETTING, BUT HAS DEFINITELY NOT SHOWN ANY GENDER BIAS. THIS IS AN INSULT TO ALL WOMEN! REPUBLICANS HAVE SAID WE WOMEN ARE TOO STUPID! WE ARE TOO STUPID AND WILL JUMP ON THEIR BANDWAGON BECAUSE THEY ARE CLAIMING GENDER BIAS. I HAVE READ THIS BOOK AS WELL - USE OF THIS "POPULIST" PSYCHOLOGICAL POLITICAL CAMPAIGN APPROACH FOR ALL VOTERS IS ACTUALLY REPUBLICANS ARE DEGRADING THE INTELLIGENCE OF ALL VOTERS - MEN AND WOMEN.

Brooklyn Democrat,
I've said it before but....Republican hypocrisy knows no bounds....and neither does their absurdity.

I wouldn't put it past the McCain camp..they are deserately trying to manage McCain's and Palin's image in the media....They think attacking the media makes points. Vetting a candidate's truthfulness and asking tough questions is the media's job! By the way, Republicans keep pointing to Palin's 80 percent approval rate after less than 2 years on the job. Might I point out GWB had an approval rate of 80% after two years as well and we all know how that turned out. The fact is she is one bad decision away from turning her popularity in the opposite direction. Palin does not have the experience to be VP and no amount of image making by Republicans is going to change that.

One things clear from her speech- she can ooze sarcasm like none other. Commuuuunnnnniityy Orrrgganniizzzzeeeer?
You have GOT to be kidding me, right?
It felt for a moment like I was watching a Rush Limbaugh produced version of Saturday Night Live.

She doesn't even believe global warming is real. Well did you read today's news? North pole ice cap now an island.

Are we really going to put someone in office like this while the world goes to hell? And did you see how much respect she showed Al Gore. The subhuman basically called him a hypocrit because has a private plane. More jealousy from the right because he won the Nobel Peace Prize. Who is the real hero here. Someone trying to save the planet from ruin, or some jerk that left his wife when she was crippled in a car accident for Millionaire Cindy McCain so he could persue a political career? Stop using your POW torture years as a crutch Johnny, save it for your brainless grandkids so you can tell the what a hero you were and continue to glorify war for your little Republicanites that I'm sure will grow up to be War heros just like you.

Screw the polar bears right Sarah? Let them die. That's how you handled it in Alaska right? Who cares if we kill off one of God's great creations. Right? Now who's the hypocrit?

Sarah,

When the lights go down and it's all said and done honey and all the speeches are set. The truth will be told and that's Americans won't be giving any Republican another 4 years of running the country. And when the economy improves and after 8 years or responsible, hard work by a Democratic Majority in Congress, We will have another 8 after that, and another and another. Until finally the Republican Party splits and 2 new parties. There is not a chance in hell Real Americans are going to vote for some Jesus Freak, evolution denying, creationism preaching, abortion & gay marriage outlawing, free speech denying, piece of crap like you into the white house. If they do I'm leaving this country for good. Why don't you move to Germany and push your facist beliefs on them, because you're just an ignorant redneck to me.

No wonder the media has been slandering Sarah Palin. They're scared to death Republicans are going to have the first woman president.

She was awesome!

Ever notice how Republicans always need to use war, pain, torture and tough talk in order to win elections. Don't you think maybe it's all they got. They definitely don't know how to run a country. They've proven that for 8 years now. All they do is Glorify war. While the Democrats glorify peace. While poor families of this country fight the wars. The USA is not a sports team. And wars are not sport. We've been misled for 8 years and I for one will not be misled by them again.

Hell hath no fury like slime masters on whom the tables have been turned. After months of sliming Obama and outright lying about his tax and energy proposals, the McCain people are all incredulous and sputtery that the media has the temerity to question McCain's judgment and vetting process and Palin's qualifications, experience and extremist politics!

Also, if Palin's seventeen year-old daughter's pregnancy is a "private matter," why was Baby Daddy trotted out to greet McCain at the airport in St. Paul? You can't play this both ways.

Of course they are, they know they can't win on issues.

McCain's new slogan....POLITICS FIRST, COUNTRY LAST

Really. When I heard who he had chosen I was on my knees thanking the political Gods! The next couple of months will now simply be a formality until Obama can get in there with the disinfectant and start the clean up.